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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

3

Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

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Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. His most significa...

Austrian Physics 20TH Century Quantum Mechanics

9.6 Brilliant

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

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American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.5 Brilliant

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Albert Fert

Albert Fert was a French physicist whose independent discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) revolutionized data stor...

French Physics 20TH Century Data Storage

9.4 Excellent

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Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush was an American engineer whose work profoundly influenced computing. He led scientific research efforts du...

American 20TH Century Computing Memex Concept

9.4 Excellent

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Akio Morita

Akio Morita was a Japanese inventor and key figure in establishing Sony Corporation. His most significant contribution w...

Sony Japanese 20TH Century Consumer Electronics

9.4 Excellent

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Ferdinand Porsche

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Austrian Racing 20TH Century Automobile

9.4 Excellent

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Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist instrumental in developing modern automobile manufacturing. His innovations...

Manufacturing Japanese 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Henry Ford

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American Manufacturing 20TH Century Automobile

9.2 Excellent

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Ole Kirk Christiansen

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Danish Manufacturing 20TH Century Lego

9.2 Excellent

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Chuck Hull

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American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

8.7 Great

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George Devol

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American Automation 20TH Century Industrial Robot

8.7 Great

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Joseph Engelberger

Joseph Engelberger was an American engineer and physicist who played a pivotal role in the commercialization of industri...

American Automation 20TH Century Industrial Robot

8.7 Great

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Gideon Sundback

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Manufacturing 20TH Century Zipper Fastener

8.6 Great

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Scott Crump

Scott Crump developed fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology in 1988. This method of additive manufacturing uses hea...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Carl Deckard

Carl Deckard was an American engineer and inventor associated with the development of selective laser sintering, an addi...

American Manufacturing 3D Printing 20TH Century

7.5 Good

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Hideo Kodama

Hideo Kodama is a Japanese engineer recognized for his early contributions to the field of rapid prototyping and additiv...

Manufacturing 3D Printing Japanese 20TH Century

7.4 Good